Monkwearmouth, whaling station

Monkwearmouth, whaling station

HER Number

15927

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Monkwearmouth, whaling station

Place

Monkwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Animal Product Site

Site Type: Specific

Whaling Station

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A 'Greenland' yard for the rendering of blubber. 1785-1798.

Easting

439910

Northing

557548

Grid Reference

NZ439910557548

Sources

Tony Barrow, 2001, The Whaling Trade of North-east England 1750-1850, p 66